FairFuelUK slams Labour over fuel prices

FairFuelUK (FFUK) co-founder Howard Cox says he is absolutely disgusted with the Labour Party’s apparent disinterest in fuel prices, after a fringe event on the subject held at the Labour Party conference in Manchester attracted just a handful of attendees. 

FFUK spent around £4,000 – including more than £2,600 to Labour – to send five delegates to the conference and hold the fringe meeting chaired by FFUK spokesman and motoring journalist Quentin Willson.

Despite sending every Labour MP a personal invitation, advertising the event to the 10,000 delegates in the programme, and circulating an open letter at the conference, just 16 people attended the 60 minute meeting – none of them Labour MPs.

The meeting was to establish the Labour Party’s position on a range of fuel price related issues, including FFUK’s proposals for a 3p/litre duty cut and a full public enquiry into fuel prices.

Cox said the conference experience indicates Labour just isn’t interested.

• This article first appeared in Commercial Motor on 2 October. Why not subscribe?